Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

Are you a highly experienced engineer with expertise in safety and environment engineering? iO Associates have partnered with one of the UK's leading Defence companies in the search for a Principal Safety and Environmental Engineer to join their team in Barrow-In-Furness.

This is a brilliant opportunity to lead in delivering technical excellence, provide strategic direction, and ensure the highest standards of safety in challenging and innovative projects.

Main responsibilities:

• Conduct and lead technical/design reviews while providing clear technical direction to engineers.
• Define, document, and communicate subject matter expertise, methodologies and standards to strengthen the companies knowledge.
• Establish qualification criteria for key assurance points during build, testing, and commissioning, providing confidence to the Design Authority.
• Oversee functional design processes and deliver evidence to confirm ompliance with fitness for purpose, legislative requirements and safety standards.
• Ensure the validity of engineering assumptions, data, and analysis through thorough reviews, audits, and surveillance, guaranteeing reliable and verified results.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand and integrate their requirements into project plans, ensuring alignment and agreement on key objectives.
• Mentor and support individual and team development to enhance skills and competencies ensuring technical capability goals are met.

You will need:

• In-depth knowledge and a strong grasp of engineering concepts and principles within your field of expertise.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or equivalent level of competence and experience.
• Eligibility for SC Clearance or already SC Cleared
• Experience within a heavily regulated industry (defence manufacturing experience desired)
• Track record in addressing a broad range of engineering challenges within your discipline, as well as collaborating across multiple engineering domains.

In return for this, you will receive a salary of £55,000 (DOE) alongside some great benefits such as a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance, a company-contributed share incentive plan and more.

This is a great opportunity to join a company that is known for providing some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence solutions. If you would like to find out more, please apply today for more information.